"Blurb & Contents" "I can think of few better ways of introducing
students to the history of astronomy than by using The Eye of Heaven as
a text....This is science at its best....Not only does Gingerich make
you think, he also forces you back in time and makes you think as
astronomers did then. Students need this inspiration." David Hughes, New
Scientist Astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich provides a fascinating
introduction to three giants of early astronomy: Ptolemy, Copernicus,
and Kepler. In these collected essays, Gingerich examines the revolution
in man's conception of the universe brought about by the shift from the
earth-centered cosmos of Ptolemy to the sun-centered model of
Copernicus.